Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn (1942) is a fascinating piece of Americana. The dialogue, especially between the film’s two main characters, Jim Hardy (Bing Crosby) and Ted Hanover (Fred Astaire), moves swiftly, while the dancing and singing sequences are elevating, funny, and of course, superb. After eight decades, it remains one of the most popular holiday films. It’s certainly a favorite in our family, so when I saw our town’s historic theater would feature the film this Christmas season, I immediately made plans to bring along my young son. He was thrilled, not only because Holiday Inn is one of his favorite films, but because this would be his first time going to an actual cinema.
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